as im recovering from anesthesia i heard the following conversation with a nurse and the patient next to me nurse your anesthesiologist will be here soon his name is dr duang patient huh duang nurse yes hes a very go patient sounding very offended does he speak any english i felt a lot of things slight guilt that i had been unable to speak up sadness for the incredibly wonderful anesthesiologist who had helped with my surgery having to deal with a clearly racist patient and disgust at the assumption that a man with an east asian last name would not speak english